One of Wagga's last remaining dairy farmers has welcomed a decision by Aldi supermarkets to increase the price of milk by 10 cents a litre.
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The price increase will be made indefinitely, and brings the global supermarket chain into line with decisions made by Woolworths.
But, Ladysmith farmer Syd Clarke remains unconvinced it will help the Riverina's workers remain afloat.
"We need at least 20 cents a litre to get above the cost of production, right now it's costing me about 46 cents per litre to produce it," he said.
Over the past 12 months, Mr Clarke has reduced his pasture from 180 to 150 cows.
"We needed to unload them to keep the cash-flow going," he said.
"We need relief, so whether that's rainfall or it's water allocations, we need it soon."
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Battling the drought and yet another year without water allocations from the region's river systems, Mr Clarke fears this may be the beginning of the end for the industry.
"I've always worried but never to this extent. In all my years as a dairy farmer I've never seen it get this bad," he said.
After operating for more than a century, run by four generations in his family, Mr Clarke is now confronting the real risk that his farm will not exist by the end of the year.
"The cost of production has grown so rapidly, for us personally it's gotten to the point where we're asking whether we'll be around by Christmas," he said.
"There's no easy answer, but from our point of view, there's no way farmers can keep supply up this way.
"We can't buy new equipment, we can't pay to maintain what we've already got, we're struggling to buy feed.
"If we can't supply the country, it'll be imported from overseas where quality is not assured."